Perforated sign



Feb.- 14, 1928.

' c. R. COLE PERFORATED SIGN Filed April 5.v 1926 INVENTOR 01?. 00/8 BY v.

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDE R. COLE, OF MILES CITY, MONTANA.

PERFORATED SIGN.

Application filed April 5, 1926. .Serial No. 99,856.

My invention relates to improvements in signs, and it consists in the combinations,

constructions, and arrangements herein de-.

scribed and claimed.

One troublev which owners or distributors of wayside si ns have experienced is that these signs are often taken down and used by persons for other purposes than that which was intended. Thus metal signs consisting ofsheet metal, either painted, or enameled, or otherwise treated, soon disappear in certain localities after they are put up, being used by those who have taken them to make a roof for a farmers chicken house or a pig pen. Even signs which are not made of metal, but which may be made of material which is waterproof, such as composition boards'are used frequently as shingles or siding for coops or pens. So frequently are these signs stolen and used for other purposes that it amounts to a serious matter.

An object of my invention is to provide a sign so constructed as to render it useless for shingles or roof coverings, but at the same time, to permit its full utility as a sign-carrying medium.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction, and which can be made by ordinary punch press machinery, such as is to be found in any machine shop.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this ape.

plication, in which The figure is a perspective view of a sign constructed according to my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I may make.

use of a plate of any suitable size or thickness which may serve as a shingle or roof covering. In the drawing, I have shown a metal plate 1 having openings 2 along the' edges by means of which the plate may be I secured to any suitable support, such as a fence, a tree, or pole. On this plate is i111- pressed or otherwise imprinted a sign or legend having the letters or figures, such as those shown at 3. Within the border and extending substantially over the greater portion of the plate are holes 4 which extend through the plate from one side to the other. These holes may be of any suitable size, but are preferably small so as not to interfere with the legend which is imprinted on the sign. In the drawing, I have, shown these holes as being spaced apart in columns and rows, but it is obvious that they might be arranged difierently, the main purpose being to perforate the greater part of the sign so as to render it useless for turning water. I

I am'a'ware of course that signs having openings, such as those shown at 2, for purposes of attaching the signs to suitable supports are not new.-

forations should be scattered over the greaterportion of the interior part of the sign Signs with perforations along their edges would not only come short of the object of the invention, but would actually be more desirable for roof coverings, since theopenings for securing the metal plates in shingle formation would be already provided. A

sign with a few openings in the center of the plate would not sufiice, since such openings could be'readily sealed. It is necessary that the sign have suilicient openings so that on the plate, since in either event, the plate is rendered useless as a roof covering without in any Way diminishing thevalue of the plate for inscribing legends thereon.

' I claim:

A sign comprising a metal plate having smooth faces on both sides thereof, said l In order to fulfill the ObJect of this invention, however, the per plate havinginscriptions on one side thereof 7 

